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In a statement, a friend said after they got back to his house she was ‘crying and erratic’, saying ‘they followed me upstairs’.

In another statement paramedics said the woman told them she had been raped.

But Oliver King, defending Mr Touhidi, of Whalley Road, Manchester, said CCTV from the takeaway did not show someone who claims to be “very drunk, vulnerable and powerless”.

He said: “It is simply not true that you were raped in the toilet.

“Mr Touhidi was upstairs working at a sink. You went to the toilet and came back out. You approached him from behind, put your arms around him and then put your hand down his trousers. You kissed him on the neck and face and told him you wanted to have sex. He was reluctant but you were persistent. You went into the toilet and had sex.”

Mr King accused the woman of ‘making up’ the rape to get more attention from her mother. He also questioned her reasons for a ‘three day delay’ in speaking to police.

Simon Parry, prosecuting, asked the woman why she made the complaint to police.